Share an iCloud storage plan with your family

With Family Sharing, you can share a single iCloud storage plan with up to five other family members.

It's important to make sure that everyone in your family has enough iCloud storage for their photos, videos, files, and iCloud Backups. With Family Sharing, your family can share a single 200GB or 2TB storage plan that gives everyone plenty of space.

When you share a storage plan, your photos and documents stay private and everyone keeps using their own accounts with iCloud—just like when you have your own storage plan. You simply share the space available in the iCloud storage plan with your family members, so you only have one plan to manage.

What comes next

When you share your iCloud storage, any family members using the free 5GB plan are added to your family plan automatically.

If a family member is already paying for their own iCloud storage plan, they can choose to switch to your plan or keep their own and still remain part of the family. When they switch to the shared family plan, they get a refund for the remainder of their personal plan. They can't keep their current plan and use the shared family plan at the same time.

Manage your family's iCloud storage

It’s easy for everyone to see how much storage the family is using and to upgrade anytime you need more.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:

Go to Settings > [your name].

Tap Family Sharing.

Tap iCloud Storage.

On your Mac:

Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.

Click Manage Family.

Go to My Apps & Services.

Choose iCloud Storage.

If your family is low on iCloud storage, all members get a notification. Then the family organizer or family member that purchased the plan can buy more—up to 2TB—at any time.

If your family stops sharing storage or you leave Family Sharing

If you choose not to buy your own plan and the content that you’re storing in iCloud exceeds your available storage, new photos and videos won’t upload to iCloud Photos, files will no longer upload in iCloud Drive, and your iOS devices will stop backing up.